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Jerry Lundegaard is a car salesman in Minneapolis who has gotten himself into debt and is so desperate for money that he hires two thugs to kidnap his own wife. Jerry will collect the ransom from her wealthy father, paying the thugs a small portion and keeping the rest to satisfy his debts. The scheme collapses when the thugs shoot a state trooper and two innocent bystanders in rural Minnesota, drawing local Police Chief Marge Gunderson into her first homicide investigation. At first unaware that the homicides are connected to a Minneapolis kidnapping, Chief Gunderson draws closer to Jerry Lundegaard as his situation further unravels.

The current auditor, Brenda Roberts, has failed in her job as the city's primary watchdog and has severely mistreated her staff.

We Stand with Oakland and Forever Oakland - organizations led by East Bay business owners and die-hard fans - announced Tuesday that several prominent law firms have offered to aid their quest to prevent the Raiders' move to Vegas.